gist -- gist on the command line
gist [-p] [-t extension] FILE
gist can be used to create gists on gist.github.com from the command
line. There are two primary methods of creating gists.
If standard input is supplied, it will be used as the content of the new gist. If FILE is provided, the content of that file will be used to create the gist.
Once your gist is successfully created, the URL will be copied to your
clipboard. If you are on OS X, gist will open the gist in your
browser, too.
gist's default mode of operation is to read content from standard
input and create a public, text gist from it, tied to your GitHub
account if you user and token are provided (see CONFIGURATION).
These options can be used to change this behavior:
-p, --private
Create a private gist instead of a public gist.
-t, --type
Set the file extension explicitly. Passing a type of rb ensure
the gist is created as a Ruby file.
You may additionally ask for help:
-h, --help
Print help.
-m, --man
Display this man page.
Use git-config(1) to display the currently configured GitHub username:
$ git config --global github.user
Or, set the GitHub username with:
$ git config --global github.user <username>
See http://github.com/guides/local-github-config for more information.
gist will check the HTTP_PROXY env variable if supplied:
$ HTTP_PROXY=http://host:port/ gist script.py
$ gist < file.txt
$ echo secret | gist --private
$ echo "puts :hi" | gist -t rb
$ gist script.py
http://github.com/defunkt/gist/issues
Chris Wanstrath :: chris@ozmm.org
hub(1), git(1), git-clone(1), http://github.com, http://github.com/defunkt/gist